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Not what you expect 2: Sequel to Not what you expect. Kagome is sort after by the Akatsuki and some unknown village. What will Sasuke and Shikamaru do to help her?

Recap:

Shikamaru scrutinized the sheet. There was a detailed sketch of Kagome's head and upper torso.

"What does this all mean?" Asked Naruto.

Shikamaru glanced at the sketch once more.

"We can only assume that Kagome is being hunted…but why is still unknown" he theorised "Let's report to Tsunade."

Chapter 4-The man behind the fox mask.

Tsunade took another swig of the bottle of sake before throwing the empty bottle across the room in frustration, Naruto ducked just in time as it narrowly missed hitting him square in the face briefly skimming over the top of his spiky blond hair, blue eyes widening in shock.

"Oi! Watch it grandma!" he shouted in rage

Tsunade held her head between her hands and with a sigh she lifted her head and stared at the occupants in the room.

"We need to track down Kagome and bring her back to the hidden leaf village. We don't know why they want Kagome and until that information is identified we can only assume that Kagome is in immediate danger and will be safest in the village where we can monitor her movements" stated Tsunade.

"But where do we even start looking for her, we haven't seen her for years now" claimed Naruto

"Luckily, before Kagome left the village I asked her to keep me up-to-date with her locations every month. Kagome has recently just sent a message about a week ago with her location. She claimed to be at the fire temple not far from Konoha." Tsunade responded business like.

"Then why hasn't she visited?" questioned Naruto.

"I imagine that is her business Naruto" answered Kakashi

"Either way, it is imperative that we find Kagome and bring her back to Konoha, both teams will head out and Kakashi will be the team leader. I don't suspect this mission to take above a month. Report if anything goes amiss." Stated Tsunade "Dismissed!"

Wandering nearby the fire temple, Kagome pulled the hood of her long black cloak down, breathing in the fresh air. Her sensitive hearing quickly picked up the sounds of the gentle flow of a river nearby. She made her way towards the river and began to strip herself of her clothing and submerged herself in the deep ice cold waters sending erratic shivers through her body. All of a sudden the winds picked up and in mere seconds Kagome waded through the water to pick up her bow and arrow from the bank and as she notched her arrow, a figure appeared wearing a traditional kimono that allowed ease of movement, sword held at the sword and based on the build of the stranger, Kagome assumed he was male. On further inspection, she saw that the males face was covered by a fox mask, which was surrounded by long auburn locks tied in a high ponytail with a turquoise ribbon to match his kimono. Her attention was then brought to his mischieveous emerald green eyes as they took her in.

"Now, now Kagome. You don't want to go shooting people with arrows, they are very dangerous" stated the male in a placating voice that almost sounded like he was mocking her.

"How do you know my name demon?" shouted Kagome as she tightened her grip on the bow.

The man's eyes were extremely expressive kagome had noticed but soon hardened when he realised he wasn't going to get through this peacefully without revealing his identity. He slowly reached up his hand towards his face to show her he means no harm and began to remove his mask as she scrutinised him and suddenly the hold on her weapon loosened as she took in his face, her jaw going slack and her eyes widening with shock. Kagome took note of the smooth pale skin of his familiar face that she noted had matured gracefully, his emerald gaze softened as recognition sunk in slowly and tear began to drop from her eyes, the males face turning to panic as they both ran towards each other, Kagome grabbing her towels as she wrapped her arms around him.

"I've missed you so much!" she cried into his chest "I thought I'd never see you again"

The man pulled her closer and nuzzled the side of her neck affectionately as he let a smile grace his lips. When she began to calm down, the man pulled away and wiped her tears with his clawed fingers carefully.

"Get dressed and then we can talk, I'll make camp not far from here" he told her.

"I will" she said as he began to turn and walk into the woods, but before he was gone she said, "I'm glad you're alive Shippo"

The man, Shippo smiled and continued to walk away.